Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



G. MAYERLE.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION- FILED APR. I0, 1915.

1,151,282, Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 170-, WASHINGTON. 17.6.

GEORGE MAYERLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

. NOSE-GUARD FOB, EYEeLAssEs.

Application filed April 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE MAYERLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a nose-guard or clip for eyeglasses, spectacles and analogous devices.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improved form of noseengaging pad, guard or clip which will permit perfect fitting and retaining of the eyeglasses on the wearers nose, the nose guard being simple and substantial in construction, being punched out from sheet material, thereby insuring ample strength and enabling the guards to be cheaply produced.

Another object of the invention is to provide a nose-engaging pad which is provided with one or more central openings, and to provide a plurality of .inwardly extending prongs in said openings which will have a tendency to grip the sides of the nose firmly, thus preventing the pad or guard from slipping and consequently retaining the glasses firmly in position.

Further ob ects Wlll hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of nose guard. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing another form of nose guard. Fig. 3 shows a modification of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a guard, pad or clip in which is formed one or more central openings 2. Formed integral. with the main body of the guard, or otherwise secured to same, is a plurality of inwardly extending prongs 8. In Fig. 1 the prongs are shown as radially disposed, while in Fig. 2 a plurality of angularly disposed prongs 3 are formed on one side which are opposed by straight prongs 4 formed on the opposite side.

In actual practice the guards, one on each side of the nose, are retained on the nose by spring pressure in any suitable manner. This pressure is just sufficient to make an Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24%, 1915.

Serial No.2.0A41.

impression on the nose, thus causing the prongs to act as clamps or grips at spaced intervals over a considerable area as they become more or less impressed or embedded by the spring pressure. A firm grip is thus secured which prevents the pad or guard from slipping or twisting, the angularly disposed prongs resisting movement in one direction and the straight prongs in the other direction. The same action takes place in both forms of the guards shown. Glasses or spectacles provided with pads such as shown relieve the wearer of all feeling of discomfort, pressure or injury as the contact or impression is distributed over a considerable area.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that prongs may be formed directly in the metal body of the guard proper or on the shell pad with which the guards are generally covered.

While only three forms of guards are here shown, I wish it understood that the shape may be changed to suit conditions, and that the pad or guard as a whole may be used or applied to any make or form of glasses or spectacles now in use.

On certain shaped guards it has been found that only one inwardly projecting prong is necessary, one such form or shape of guard being shown in Fig. 8.

The materials and finish of the several parts of the device are such as the experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate.

lhe pads or clips being punched or formed from sheet material may be finished exactly alike on both sides, thus making the pad reversible; that is it may be used either on the right or left side.

Having thus desc ibed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described comprising a guard plate having a central opening formed therein, and a plurality of inwardly extending prongs formed around the edge of said opening.

2. A device of the character described comprising a guard plate having a central opening formed therein, and a plurality of radially disposed inwardly projecting prongs formed around the edge of said opening.

3. A device of the character described comprising a rectangularshaped guard In testimony whereof I have hereunto set plate having a rectangular-shaped opening my hand in the presence of two subscribing formed therein, a plnralityof angularly dis- Witnesses. posed, inwardly extending prongs on one side of the opening, and a plurality of in-- Witnesses: wardly extending straight prongs on the Gknonen MAYERLE, Jn, other side of the opening. I I LLMUT B. GEIER.

GEORGE MAYERLE.

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